Shock and hay loader.



J.. COCKINGn4 SHOCK AND HAY LOADER.

APPLIDATION FILED Dov. a. 190s. Y

Patentd Fab.1,1910. sums-MEET 1.

J'. COOKING. SHOCK AND HAY LOADER. APPLICATION IILED-NOV. 2. 1908."

Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

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J. COGKING. SHOCK AND HAY LOADER. APPLxcATIoN PILEDW Nov. 2. 1908.

Patents@ Feb. l, 1910.

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SHOCK AND HAY LOADER,

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2. 1908.

Patented Feb. L 1910.

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Application tiled November Q, beral Ito. dtltlt.

o all whom 'it 'may concern:

Bc it known that l, Jessen Goonies. a citizen of the United States,residing at Esinond, in the county of Benson, citate of North Dakota,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Shock and llfayLoaders; and l do hereby declare the folilowing to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it zipper tains to malte and use the same.

lhis ii'wention relates to shoelt and hay loa ders of that hindcharacterized by an endless rake or carrier which picks up the shocks orhay and conveys the same to a box or receptacle mounted on the machine.

The invention has for its object lto im prove and simplify the generalstructure of the machine, and also to provide a receptacle from whichthe load may be automaticall dumped without the operator leaving' hisseat.

drawino's, llgiure l ln the accoinpanying),` .w is a side elevation ofthe machine. is a similar View of the opposite side' of the machine.Fig. 3 is a plan View. Fig. /lis a longitudinal section on the line lm-lof Figi: 7

with certain of the parts broken away.

.Referring more particularly to the drawings, the supporting frame ofthe machine comprises side sills l connected at theiil rear ends bycross bars ll and 12, and near their front ends by a cross bar 13. Theframe is mounted on front wheels let, and rear wheels l5. rthe frontwheels are the steering wheels, and are carried on an axle 16 which ispivotally connected to the bar 13. To the ends of the' axle 16 areconnected the ends of a cable 1'? which is'wonnd around a transverseshaft 18 mounted in bearings on the sills l0.` @n the shaft '18 is aworm wheel 19 which meshes with a worm 20 on a `vertical shaft 2lwhereby the shaft 18 is turned to swing the axle 1G on its pivot, andthus steer the machine.

Mounted on posts 22 rising` from the rear end of the sills l0, is a pairof horizontally disposed parallel beams 23 which are conneeted at theirfront ends to downwardly inclined beams 24 which extend toward the frontend of the sills l0, to which they are made fast. The beams 24 are'braced by inelined beams 25 extending between said beams and the sills10. At the upper and lower ends of the beams 2dare bearings forspecification of Letters Patent.

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4` Fig. 5 is a rear end View of the machine lllaxtented heb. il, MMU.

transverse shafts 2G on which are mounted sprocket ni'heels 2l connectedby chains 28. 'lhe chains 28 carry cross slatsI 2S) armed with ra keteeth 30. 'llo the underside ofthe slats 2S) is fastened an endlessapron 3l. @n the upper shaft 26 is a gear 32 which meshes with a gear'on a eountershaft let niimnited in bearings on one of the beams 2l. @nsaid eonntershaft is also a sprocket wheel which is connected by a chain3G to a sprocket wheel 37 on the rear axle 3S of the rear wheels if'llhrotug'h the gearing,l herein described, the endless ralie or carrieris driven from the axle SFB when the nnichine is traveling across thefield.

rthe ends of the cross beam llt are' ci:n tended to form draft poles 39carrying swingle-trees Ll0 at their ends, to which swingletrees thedraft animals are hitched. 4Upon the ends of the' draft poles aremounted rollers 39 and the swingldtrees are connected by means of a ropefl-O passing` aroui'id these rollers, the rope foii'ii'iingl anequalizer.

Un one of the beams f3 mounted the drittens seat -l-l., and on one ofthe beams 2:32 on that side of the machine is mounted a foot rest 4t2.The beam. 2li on the same side of the machine has a bearing 4:3 for theshaft 2l, the lower end of which is journaled in a step bearing; @tet onthe sill. l0. The shaft 2l is located in front of the seat 41:1 and isfitted at its upper end with a hand wheel Lt5 for turningl the same tosteer the machine through the gearing already described.

dit the rear end of the machine is a hoppei '-shaped receptacle intowhich the endless rake or carrier discharges, the upper or discharge endthereof being located adjacent to the mouth of said hopper. The hopperhas side walls 'il-6 extending between and secured. to the posts 22 andthe beams 25, and an inclined front wall coinprisiinga sheet metal plateL1:7 piyotally hung; at its up per end on a cross rod d8 extending;between and mounted in the beams 2o. The lower end of the plate l? restson the cross bar l2. rllhe rear wall. of the hopper is a sheet metalplate t9 which is pivotally hungl at its upper end on a cross rodextending' between and mounted in the beams 23. rlfhe lower end of theplate i? extends down to the lower end of the plate flt and is adaptedto be held thereagainst by spring` catches 5l. mounted on the posts 22.lhe catches are operated by ropes or cables 52 connected thereto andwound on the shaft d8 extending` across and journaled in the llt) beani25, said rope or cable being led to the catches over suitably locatedguide pulleys 54C. The shaft 48 is located below the drivers seat 4l andhas a crank 55 through which the shaft may be rocked by the drivers footto release the catches. The receptacle being hogper-shaped, and the rearwall being hinged at the top, it will be seen that the load will beautomatically duinped when the catches are disengaged 'froin said rearwall. After the load is dumped, the rear wall swings back and is held inclosed position upon engagement of the catches therewith. To swingtherear wall to engage the catches there are provided suitable springs Onthe drive axle 38 is a suitable clutch mechanism 56 for throwing themachine into and out of gear. The clutch is operated :troni the driversseat by a suitable ."ysteni ot links and levers 57 connected to a latchlever 58 mounted to engage a quadrant adjacent the drivers seat.

ln order to adjust the tension ot the belt and to raise and lower thesaine the lower shait't Q6 is mounted in bearings G0 which are ornied atthe ends of arnis 6l pivoted as at $2. The beanis 2st are provided witharcuate slots G3 the center oi the are being the center of the pivot 62,the shaft 26 passing through the slot. ln order to hold the arin 6l inadjnsted position there is provided upon that arm a spring catch 6larranged to enter one ot a series ot' holes 65 arranged in the arc of acircle adjacent the slot 63.

The machine herein described is eicient in action, and can be readilycontrolled from the drivers seat. lt requires no attention other thanguiding the saine, and dumping` the load when the hopper becomes filled,the other action being entirely automatic.

il hat is claimed, is

A loading machine, comprising a wheeled ifi-aine; a wheel driveninclined endless rake, a receptacle at the discharge end of the rake,said receptacle comprising side walls and downwardly converging frontand rear walls, said rear wall being pivoted at its upper end andinclined downwardly and 'forwardly and in engagement willi the trentwall at its lower end when in closed position.y catches for said rearwall for holding it againsty the front wall, and spring actuated meansiol' moving it against the front wall ior engagenient by the catches.

ln testimony whereof, l aliix my .signature. in presence ot twowitnesses.

JOSEPH COOKING.

Vv'itnesses:

Trinononn Korean, D. K. Gls.

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